Sugar cane — Area harvested in Colombia
Colombia: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 357,070 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Colombia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — area harvested in Colombia stood at 357,070 ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Colombia peaked at 673,293 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 225,000 ha, in 1967.
That places Colombia 11th out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Colombia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 293,775 ha | — |
| 1962 | 293,222 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 316,999 ha | +8.1% |
| 1964 | 325,303 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 326,204 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 240,000 ha | -26.4% |
| 1967 | 225,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1968 | 233,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 237,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 238,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 247,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 260,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 272,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 272,000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 251,900 ha | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 261,100 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 269,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 274,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 282,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 292,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 279,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1982 | 261,400 ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 270,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 291,030 ha | +7.4% |
| 1985 | 345,950 ha | +18.9% |
| 1986 | 340,090 ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 340,000 ha | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 336,590 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 321,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 318,334 ha | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 312,630 ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 339,041 ha | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 381,142 ha | +12.4% |
| 1994 | 373,278 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 377,860 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 388,191 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 386,969 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 393,514 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 388,496 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 406,012 ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 404,775 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 387,669 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 398,562 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 399,509 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 406,060 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 410,060 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 410,201 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 383,388 ha | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 379,505 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 348,531 ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 381,961 ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 396,532 ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 406,204 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 401,132 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 409,462 ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 402,314 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 431,027 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 455,114 ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 673,293 ha | +47.9% |
| 2020 | 407,583 ha | -39.5% |
| 2021 | 360,290 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 390,798 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 353,571 ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 357,070 ha | +1.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 357,070 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 76,332 ha, 4.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 357,070 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 11.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Area harvested in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +47.9% | 455,114 ha | 673,293 ha |
| 2020 | -39.5% | 673,293 ha | 407,583 ha |
| 1966 | -26.4% | 326,204 ha | 240,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 276,723 ha | 225,000 ha | 326,204 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 262,990 ha | 238,000 ha | 282,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 307,896 ha | 261,400 ha | 345,950 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 365,946 ha | 312,630 ha | 393,514 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 398,574 ha | 379,505 ha | 410,201 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 430,557 ha | 348,531 ha | 673,293 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 373,862 ha | 353,571 ha | 407,583 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71,637 ha compare
- 8 Indonesia 524,886 ha compare
- 9 Argentina 432,814 ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53,542 ha compare
- 10 Philippines 404,914 ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 48,196 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 47,271 ha compare
- 12 Australia 340,590 ha compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33,300 ha compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 340,590 ha compare
- 13 Caribbean 415,713 ha compare
- 13 Polynesia 41 ha compare
- 14 Cuba 270,361 ha compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 0 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Colombia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0995 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 851.52 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.2113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2122 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — area harvested in Colombia?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Colombia was 357,070 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 673,293 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 225,000 ha in 1967.
- How does Colombia rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 11th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.